The Data Sciences Institute Research & Academics Committee provides recommendations to the Executive Team on the Institute’s research and training programs, including Thematic Programs. The Committee has oversight of Institute funding and fellowships, including peer review and approval of Catalyst Grants.
Lisa Strug (Chair), Data Sciences Institute Director, Professor, Departments of Statistical Sciences, Computer Science and the Division of Biostatistics; Director, CANSSI Ontario
Periklis Andritsos, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Information
Alán Aspuru-Guzik, Professor, Departments of Chemistry and Computer Science, Faculty of Arts & Science
Gary Bader, DSI Associate Director, Data Management, Research Software and Advanced Research Computing, Professor, Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research, and Departments of Computer Science and Molecular Genetics
Michael Brudno, Professor, Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Arts & Science, Chief Data Scientist, University Health Network
Suzanne M. Cadarette,Associate Professor, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy and Dalla Lana School of Public Health; Senior Adjunct Scientist, ICES
Timothy Chan, DSI Associate Director, Research & Thematic Programming, Professor, Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering, and Director of the Centre for Analytics and AI Engineering (CARTE)
Karen Chapple, Professor, Department of Geography & Planning, Faculty of Arts & Science and Director, School of Cities
Beth Coleman, Associate Professor, Faculty of Information and the Institute of Communication, Culture, Information & Technology, University of Toronto Mississauga
Ethan Fosse, DSI Associate Director, University of Toronto Scarborough, and Professor, Department of Sociology and Director, Social Change Lab, University of Toronto Scarborough
Adam Hammond, Associate Professor, Department of English, Faculty of Arts & Science
Anne-Claude Gingras, Senior Investigator, Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute
Angelina Grigoryeva, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Toronto Scarborough
David Guttman, Professor, Department of Cell & Systems Biology, Director, Centre for the Analysis of Genome Evolution & Function, Faculty of Arts & Science
Benjamin Haibe-Kains, Associate Professor, Department of Medical Biophysics, Temerty Faculty of Medicine and Senior Scientist, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network
Marianne Hatzopoulou, Professor, Department of Civil & Mineral Engineering, and Head of the Transportation and Air Quality Research Group
Juna A. Kollmeier, Professor and Director, Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics
Eyal de Lara, Professor, Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Arts & Science
Kuan Liu, Assistant Professor, Institute of Health Policy, Management & Evaluation, Dalla Lana School of Public Health
Bree McEwan, DSI Associate Director, University of Toronto Mississauga and Associate Professor, Institute for Communication, Culture, and Information Technology
Mary Pugh, Professor, Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Arts & Science
Nancy Reid, University Professor, Department of Statistical Sciences, Faculty of Arts & Science
Laura Rosella, DSI Associate Director, Education and Training, and Associate Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health and the Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology, Temerty Faculty of Medicine
John Rubinstein, Senior Scientist, Molecular Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children
Ryan Webb, Associate Professor, Rotman School of Management and Director, Management Data and Analytics Lab
Stanislav Volgushev, Assistant Professor, Department of Statistical Sciences, University of Toronto Mississauga
